Respite has come the way of displaced residents of Makoko area in Yaba Council Development Area of Lagos as they received financial support and food palliative by the Council leadership.
Chairman Yaba LCDA, Dr Bayo Adefuye, said the gesture was to alleviate their plights at this critical moment for them.
However, the Council Boss said the Lagos State government has sent relocation notices to the affected residents noting that building structures under high tension wires are risky and a suicide mission.
“People are not supposed to live in the power lines.
It’s very dangerous to live under those power lines.
It causes all manner of illness, ailments. And I’m also aware that they’ve told the government that they need to relocate away from the power lines.
But all is the same, we are doing what we can as a local government to try and alleviate.
We’re trying to get food relatives to them and some words of encouragement” He said”.
So we intend to reach out to all of them.
We also intend to make sure that their numbers are accounted for.
See what, but I know there’s some kind of, I’m sure, bigger city governments who are not sleeping on their mat as well” Adefuye stated”
Electromagnetic this causes cancers it causes a man of tumors and it will be over time and then when people start dying they will say his evil spirit or their village people not knowing that it’s just where you are located that’s the problem, so i do really also with them on that but at the same time we will try to see what possible like the food pilot like how many of them are you trying to get across”.
While speaking on his administration’s plan for the new year, Dr Adefuye said the fourteen billion naira budget of new beginning tagged Yaba Tuntun, would bring more development to the LCDA.
He promised to focus more on youth empowerment, Energy solutions, provision of mini transport system, road infrastructure and improved primary healthcare services among others.
He warned residents of Yaba LCDA against indiscriminate dumping of waste on road median noting that anyone caught would face the wrath of the law.”
And also, we are also trying to ensure that we get to be part of this e-registration process as well.
Because a lot of them have been discouraged and we would like them to know that the government cares about them.
Dr Adefuye urged residents to take advantage of the ongoing All Progressive Congress APC e-registration to validate their membership to ensure they are not disenfranchised during the 2027 general election with promise to make the process seamless for all interested members of Yaba LCDA.
Food palliative received by displaced residents of Makoko include bags of Rice, Garri, Toiletries and Beverages among others.
Reporting by Yemisi Dada